Zamia Lucayana - Source

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  • Donaldson, J.S. 2003. Zamia lucayana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 August 2007.

From the New Modern Encyclopedia. Based on Edition by A.H. McDonald, B. L. ZAMIA, A genus of plants of the family Cycadaceae. In aspect the species partly resembles palms, and partly tree ferns. they are natives of tropical America, tropical Asia, the Cape of Good Hope, and Australia. The Florida Indians call the seeds of Z.pumila "coontie", and manufacture flour from the rhizomes. It grows in the everglades of Florida, and has large tubers of the shape and size of parsnips, which are though and gray on the outside but white.

J.S. Donaldson 2003 Zamia lucayana is incorrect. The spelling is Zamia Lucayano according to World Cat.

There is one book by Mary Jane Berman; Deborah M. Pearsall

PLANTS, PEOPLE,AND CULTURE IN PREHISTORIC CENTRAL BAHAMAS : A View from the Three Dog Site, an Early Lucayan Settlement on San Salvador Island, Bahamas.

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